Abstract

CIORDIA, Martín José. Vita activa and vita contemplativa on Poggio Bracciolini: between prevailing and tranquillity. Circe clás. mod. [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.2, pp.111-121. ISSN 1851-1724.

In this article we attempt to consider the subject of vita activa and vita contemplativa in the work of Poggio Bracciolini (1380-1459), concentrating therefore mainly in his dialogue De infelicitate principum. Our hypothesis is that, in this text, there's a confrontation, without reaching a final thesis, between two different concepts of happiness (one as 'prevalence', the other as 'tranquility of the soul'). On the other hand, this academic and Ciceronian lack of a definitive response leaves open, in the dialogue, a general questioning about the human being and his culture in those years of the Italian Quattrocento.

Keywords : Vita activa; Vita contemplativa; Humanism; Prince; Poggio Bracciolini.

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